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TIL Mimi Pond wrote the Emmy-nominated series premiere of The Simpsons, but wasn’t invited to be a regular writer “because they didn’t want any women on staff at the time”

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VMGNp TIL when mangoes were first imported to the Americas in the 17th century, they had to be pickled because of lack of refrigeration. Other fruits were also pickled and came to be called "mangoes", especially bell peppers, and in the 18th century, the word "mango" became a verb meaning "to pickle."
QJpMd TIL NASA hired 11 deaf men to study the body's responses to foreign gravitational environments. They were chosen because their disabled inner ear made them immune to motion sickness.
91QM TIL that the Romans substituted real criminals into plays for punishment, so if a character died in the play’s story or plot, a real criminal would die on stage.
epArD TIL Andre the giant let rip a 16 second fart during the filming of princess bride!
8L48 TIL shooting point blank mean shooting in a range where you don’t have to account for gravity